Daniel Faleafa
| Full name | Daniel Tonga Faleafa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 February 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Mount Albert Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Tonga Faleafa (born 13 February 1989) is a Tongan rugby union player. He plays in the flanker and occasionally lock position for the France based Pro D2 side, Colomiers. Faleafa also represents Tonga at international level.
Early years
[edit]Daniel Faleafa attended Mt Roskill Grammar School and Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland. He played for the New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team in 2007.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Daniel Faleafa is a powerful and athletic backrower who is very adept at playing lock due to his brilliant lineout ability. He started off as a member of the Auckland Rugby Academy and in 2009 was a key member of the New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team that won the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship.[2] Daniel joined Northland in on loan in 2009 where he played 1 ITM Cup game before returning to Auckland to make another 2 ITM Cup appearances that same season.[3] Faleafa joined Northland full-time from 2010 and made 15 appearances over the next three seasons.[4]
International career
[edit]Faleafa is a former New Zealand representative at Secondary School and Under-20 level. In 2013 he was named to play for Tonga in the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Another win for NZ Schools". All Blacks. 6 October 2007.
- ^ "Strong NZ under-20 rugby team named". Stuff.co.nz. 3 April 2009.
- ^ Thorley, Peter (31 July 2009). "Northland draft in Auckland youngster". The Northern Advocate.
- ^ "Player profile: Daniel Faleafa". It's Rugby. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Ikale Tahi squad named for Pacific Nations Cup". Matangi Tonga Online. 6 May 2013. (subscription required)
External links
[edit]- Daniel Faleafa at ESPNscrum
- Daniel Faleafa at ItsRugby.co.uk
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- 1989 births
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- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- New Zealand sportspeople of Tongan descent
- Tonga international rugby union players
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- Rugby union locks
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- Randwick DRUFC players
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in France
- Coventry R.F.C. players
- SC Albi players
- Tongan expatriate rugby union players in England
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Northland rugby union players
- People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School
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